Luke 22:41:13Luke.22.41.W13TAB
προσηύχετο
prosêukheto
“was praying”
- Transliteration
- pro-sêu-KHE-to
- Extended
- proh-sêu-KHEH-toh
- IPA
- /pro.sɛːu̯ˈkʰe.to/
Meaning by language
- English
- was praying
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pro-sêu-KHE-to
- sentence
KAI au-TOS a-pe-SPA-sthê ap au-TÔN hô-se-EI LI-thou bo-LÊN KAI theis ta GO-na-ta pro-sêu-KHE-to
Exegesis
The imperfect `proseucheto {προσηύχετο | pro-seú-khe-to}` portrays prayer as ongoing activity rather than a momentary utterance, so the translation preserves the durative force with simple past or progressive English depending on register. The two `kai` links create a compact narrative sequence: withdrawal, posture, and prayer. The formal rendering keeps the passive perspective and the participial structure, while the dynamic rendering recasts the distance idiom and posture into more idiomatic contemporary English.
Root and etymology
euchomaiepsilon upsilon chi omicron mu alpha iota
“to pray, make request”
In context — Luke 22:41
And He Himself was separated from them about the distance of a stone cast, and after lowering Himself to His knees , He prayed.
About this coordinate
Luke 22:41:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Luke 22:41, so the Greek word προσηύχετο (prosêukheto) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Luke.22.41.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.22.41.W13.S1) and character.